Workshops
FTH:K has devised a range of Theatre-Making, Theatre-Performance and Theatre-Management Workshops (integrated or otherwise) that it offers at school, intermediate and professional levels. Our team can tailor-make workshops within our field for any group (30 max) to address specific objectives. So if you want to focus on something in particular, let us know and we'll see what we can do!
Listen With Your Eyes
Ssh. Be still. Be very quiet. Be aware of where you are. Listen with your eyes...and theatre will happen. This workshops looks at some of the approaches of building theatre from absolute scratch, through an observation of the space between people and a manipulation of tension and rhythm to create highly charged meaning by playing simple games . The result? A reinvigoration of the fundamental building blocks of theatre, and a vision of truly accessible performance.
Duration: 1.5 - 3 hours (depending on level of experience)
Participants: 30 (all levels of experience - but preferably not mixed to offer a better learning experience)
Requirements: Large, clean space, with CD player. Wooden floor nice, not essential.
Look Before you Leap
Dare to explore partner work in this explosive experience of the more physical aspects of physical theatre - balance, supporting weight, and exploding the space between people.
Duration: 1.5 - 3 hours (depending on level of experience)
Participants: max 30 (all levels of experience - but preferably not mixed to offer a better learning experience)
Requirements: Large, clean space (sprung wooden floor would be great), with CD player
Comic Book Mime
Stand by for Madness and Mayhem! Unleash your physical imagination and go completely bonkers as we dive into the kooky world of Physical animation, voice manipulation and general all-round cartoon craziness. A depressed toilet that sings the blues? A vegetarian LAWNMOWER ON STRIKE? Oh yes! Create oodles of characters, places and narratives using only your body.
Duration: 1.5 - 3 hours (depending on level of experience)
Participants: 30 (all levels of experience - but preferably not mixed to offer a better learning experience)
Requirements: Large, clean space, with CD player
The One Hander
Empower yourself by generating your own material! This workshop, recommended for older learners that have some performing experience, focuses on the creation of the one-person show. Explore how to translate images and ideas in your head into theatrical action and how to create and perform multiple characters.
Duration: 3 hours
Participants: 10-15
Requirements: Large, clean space, with CD player
Talks
Integrated theatre performance
FTH:K is South Africa's only Deaf and hearing integrated theatre company and is starting to make its mark on the SA cultural landscape. Come join the core company members and creative team behind GUMBO and QUACK! to talk about their working processes and (r)evolutionary journey towards an inclusive, integrated culture.
Duration: 45mins + 15-30minute open questions
Appropriate for: Learners, Students, and older
Special requirements: AV equipment: DVD + projector; possibly copies of FTH:K info
Get the Picture!
South African performance has always been very visual and vibrant. But the last few years has seen such a sharp growth in new collaborations and approaches to making theatre that crosses disciplines and boundaries that a fresh momentum is in place - the development of a strong visual or total theatre approach.
FTH:K finds itself part of this movement with its strong focus on non-verbal theatre. Come join in an absorbing discussion that unpacks the creative process of seminal works like Pictures of You, QUACK! and Womb Tide, and reflects on emerging trends of Visual Performance in the country.
Duration: 1hr
Appropriate for: Learners, Students, and older
Special requirements: AV equipment: DVD + projector; possibly copies of FTH:K info
